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What does superscription mean?

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Noun
  1. Something written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, etc.
  2. An editorial addition at the beginning, often indicating the authorship of a piece; compare colophon.
  3. The act of superscribing.
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Carry they not the true image and superscription of the father which begat them?
This, without signature or superscription, he put into an envelope, and addressed.
The postman brought three letters, among them one whose superscription was in a hand which seemed dimly familiar to me.
They are not honorous but onerous to the superscription, and nothing is more untruthful or absurd.
It was wet, and the ink of the superscription was beginning to run.
A petition typically begins with a superscription identifying it as a petition addressed to the Legislative Assembly.

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